No doubt you’ve heard about the newest material introduced into our sensory table this week. But do you know about the experiment that is currently underway?
The children were introduced to hydrated water beads – pliable, slippery, gelatinous marble sized balls. They can be scooped, poured, rolled, bounced and manipulated in many ways. While new to some, others were eager to share their knowledge about this material.
We put water in… SAM
and they grow bigger and bigger. EVA
No tiny. LEA
If we don’t put any more water it’s going to shrink. It’s going to take a very, very long time. EVA
Should we try it? Let’s put some beads in a jar and not add any more water.
It’s going to take a very long time. EVA
How many days will it take for them to shrink?
This much (ten fingers.) KAYA
I think a hundred. EVA
All fingers and toes. SAM
600 URSULA
1100 EVA
21 TESSA
A hundred, a hundred, a hundred and ninety. ALEX
This much (ten fingers.) ZACK
This much (four fingers.) MIKA
This much (four fingers.) LEA
Two days. KYLA
We need to sleep ten nights. EVA
Knowing that we share our studio with many children it was decided that we needed to make some signs. These signs would make others aware of our ongoing experiment. To keep track of how many days our beads would take to shrink we also created a calendar. We will cross off a number for each day we wait.
